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Medical Terminology: Exercuses of Etymology
Lesson 6
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Undergraduate 3
02/22/2011
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andr-
 Definition
man, male
Term
ankyll-, ancyl-
 Definition
fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked
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aphrodis(i)
 Definition
{of or pertaining to Aphrodite, Greek goddes of love} sexual desire
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brachy-
 Definition
short
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crypt-
 Definition
hidden, latent
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dem-
 Definition
people, population
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dolich-
 Definition
long, narrow, slender
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drom-
 Definition
a running
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er-, erot-
 Definition
{eros, son of aphrodite, greek goddes of love} sexual desire
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gyn(ec)-
 Definition
woman, female
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helmint(h)-
 Definition
{intestinal) worm
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nemat-
 Definition
thread (worm)
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nos-
 Definition
disease, illness
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odont-
 Definition
tooth
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pali(n)-
 Definition
back, again
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pan(t)-
 Definition
all, entire, every
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phor-
 Definition
bearing, carrying
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phos-, phot-
 Definition
light, daylight
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plec-, pleg-
 Definition
strike, paralyze
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r(h)achi-
 Definition
spine
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schiz-, schist-, schisis
 Definition
split, cleft, fissure
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spondyl-
 Definition
vertebra
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-staxis, -staxia
 Definition
dripping, oozing (of blood)
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than(at)-
 Definition
death
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the-
 Definition
place, put
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trich-
 Definition
hair
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troph-
 Definition
nourishment
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